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HHS to Take Charge of Bioterror
and Epidemic Response
Distributed to ACP Orange County Board, ACP Corporate
board and ACP Chapter Presidents
The
final days of any congress tend to be lackluster
affairs, but this year, despite all the acrimony
engendered by the midterm elections, members did manage
to pass the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
In addition to providing $824 million to fund public
health preparedness, create an advanced biomedical
research agency under HHS, and develop a nationwide,
near-real-time disease detection network, the bill also
effects a major organizational change in the way
emergencies are managed at the federal level.
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Business Continuity
Guideline
by ASIS International
A Practical Approach for Emergency
Preparedness, Crisis Management, and Disaster Recovery
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Continuity Planning
Dilemmas: Fatalism Versus Precaution
by Mark Jablonowski
The bigger the risk, the harder it is to plan to deal
with it. BCP is most difficult for hazards that can
cause effects that are terminal, irreversible, and
present the greatest peril to us-as individuals,
corporations, communities, or society at large. The very
size and potential of these major risks is compelling,
yet we remain strangely powerless when actually faced
with them.
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The Intersection
of BCM and ERM
by Brian Zawada
As Business Continuity Management (BCM) programs
continue to evolve and mature, Enterprise Risk
Management (ERM) processes are just beginning to take
hold. The promise of competitive advantage through
effective risk management has captured the attention of
executive managers worldwide. And with crises capturing
headlines everyday, more and more executive managers are
developing or maturing their business continuity
programs. Can BCM jumpstart ERM? Why have both? Brian
Zawada explores the drivers for both BCM and ERM, as
well as how the two intersect and compliment one
another.
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